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I live off of coffee and hockey. I am Grand Rapids-based and cover the USHL's Muskegon Lumberjacks for and Grand Rapids Griffins for accesshockeymi.com. I am a Detroit Red Wings contributor for The Hockey Writers.

This weekend’s home games held many ups and downs for Grand Rapids. Dropping Friday’s game in overtime against the Rockford Icehogs, the Griffins earned a point but extended their losing streak nonetheless. Saturday featured drama from start to finish against the Milwaukee Admirals. Having already lost Carter Camper to injury a few games prior, Grand…

Grand Rapids finished the week with all eight possible points. Moving from dead last in the division, to now third, the Griffins have been relentlessly pursuing that top spot. They’re 7-2-0-1 in their last ten games and only three points out of the second-place spot in the Central Division with 28 points. Their special teams…

The only home game this weekend saw the Grand Rapids Griffins playing host to the Milwaukee Admirals. Opening the annual Teddy Bear Toss was Matt Puempel, who has been an incredible force for Grand Rapids over the last two seasons. Milwaukee shut down the Griffins in a shootout thanks to the phenomenal goaltending of Troy…

Player of the Game(s): Chris Terry & Carter Camper Chris Terry is consistently one of the biggest producers on the ice. He’s had 16pts so far this season and is 4th for goals (11). His veteran play is obvious and his ability to place the puck is indisputable. Coach Ben Simon has placed Terry on…

The Grand Rapids Griffins have a tough schedule this weekend, with three games in three nights. They kicked it off by facing two very familiar teams, the Iowa Wild and Milwaukee Admirals, on home ice. Both teams were very accustomed to each other, which made for some interesting games. The home game stand ended within…

The Grand Rapids Griffins handed the Chicago Wolves their first loss of the regular season Saturday. The return of defensemen Libor Sulak and Brian Lashoff seemed to add much-needed defensive confidence overall. Though the Griffins faltered in the second period, allowing three goals by the Wolves, they took control of the game back and finally…

The Grand Rapids Griffins skated away from their home opener with a 6-3 victory over the Hershey Bears. Entering the Van Andel with a 0-2 record, Grand Rapids definitely needed a spark to get their season off to a better start. Thankfully, Filip Zadina, Matt Puempel, and Carter Camper stepped up.

Dominic Turgeon was selected by Detroit in the 2014 Entry Draft 63rd overall. The Turgeon family has a deep history in hockey, so naturally, Dominic would find his way to the pros. His uncle, Sylvain Turgeon was selected #2 overall by the Harford Whalers in 1983, Dominic’s father Pierre was selected #1 overall by Buffalo in…

Christoffer Ehn was drafted 106th overall by the Red Wings in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Since his draft date, the 6’3″ center has been playing in various Swedish junior hockey leagues. As of the 2018-19 season, Ehn is expected in Grand Rapids to play with the Griffins for development. Along with several other draft selections…

Joel Farabee is a US forward and is a dominant skater with elite level skill. He has spent the last two seasons in the USHL with Team USA. Farabee represented the USA in two World Junior Championships, taking home a silver and gold medal.

Following the early closure of the 2017-18 season for the Grand Rapids Griffins, Captain Matt Ford has yet to be resigned. The Griffins have had the luxury of leadership consistency headlined by Ford and Alternate Captains Eric Tangradi, Ben Street and Brian Lashoff. Unfortunately for the Griffins, however, three of their four core guys are…

Following a crushing defeat against the Manitoba Moose, the Grand Rapids Griffins faced the off-season roster challenges sooner than expected. As opposed to last season where the Griffins skated well into June to claim the Calder Cup, they now faced the inevitable exit meetings, agent conferences and re-situating challenges. A clearly distraught and upset Zach…